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Ryan Spencer is a photographer, producer and photography book editor based in Los Angeles. He is a graduate of the University of Colorado and received his MFA in photography from Pratt Institute in Brooklyn. His series of Polaroids, Romance & Adventure, which chronicled the history of The World Trade Center in popular film was exhibited at Dust Gallery in Las Vegas, Nevada and featured in NY Arts Magazine in 2006. Such Mean Estate was Ryan Spencer’s first monograph, published by Powerhouse Books in 2015. There Is No Light at the End of the Tunnel Because the Tunnel Is Made of Light was published in March 2024 by TBW Books and shortlisted for the Rencontres d'Arles Photo-Text Book Award. His work has been Featured in Guernica Magazine, Blond ...more

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	American Power by Mitch Epstein (Photographer), Ryan Spencer (Goodreads Author) 4.29 avg rating — 28 ratings — published 2009 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Recreation by Mitch Epstein (Photographer), Susan Bell (Editor), Ryan Spencer (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 4.47 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 2005 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Berlin by Mitch Epstein (Photographer), Ryan Spencer (Goodreads Author) 3.25 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2011	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	There Is No Light at the End of the Tunnel Because the Tunnel Is Made of Light by Ryan Spencer (Goodreads Author) (Photographer), Rebecca Bengal (Contributor) 4.50 avg rating — 8 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Such Mean Estate by Ryan Spencer (Goodreads Author) (Photographer), Leslie Jamison (Goodreads Author) (Contribuitor) 4.86 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2015 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	In India by Mitch Epstein (Photographer), Ryan Spencer (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Susan Bell (Editor) 4.25 avg rating — 8 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Property Rights by Mitch Epstein (Photographer), Ryan Spencer (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Susan Bell (Editor) 4.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2021	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mitch Epstein: Rocks and Clouds by Susan Bell (Editor), Ryan Spencer (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Mitch Epstein (Photographs) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mitch Epstein: Old Growth by Mitch Epstein (Photographer), Ryan Spencer (Goodreads Author) (editor), Susan Bell (editor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Silver + Chrome by Mitch Epstein (Photographer), Ryan Spencer (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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